GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/AndroidContactPicker: This open-source project demonstrates the implementation of the new Contact Picker in Android This open-source project demonstrates the implementation of the new Contact Picker in Android - NicosNicolaou16/AndroidContactPicker

🚀 Android 17 Contact Picker made simple 👇
Clean implementation using the new APIs (no legacy hacks)

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GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/ImagePickerAndroid: 🏞 Image and Video Picker library for Android that supports Base64 for images and is compatible with both Layouts and Jetpack Compose. 🏞 Image and Video Picker library for Android that supports Base64 for images and is compatible with both Layouts and Jetpack Compose. - NicosNicolaou16/ImagePickerAndroid

🚀 ImagePickerAndroid v2.5.5 released!

Improved performance & stability + easy image/video picking for Android 📸

Supports gallery, camera, video, Base64 & Compose/XML.

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GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/PercentagesWithAnimationCompose: This library is designed to provide developers with an easy way to implement percentages with custom Compose views and animations, including l... This library is designed to provide developers with an easy way to implement percentages with custom Compose views and animations, including linear, circular, circle, gradient circle and wave perce...

🚀 PercentagesWithAnimationCompose v1.3.8 is out!

Smoother animations & better performance for interactive percentage indicators in Jetpack Compose 📊✨

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Release Kotlin 2.3.21-RC · JetBrains/kotlin Changelog Backend. Wasm KT-84610 [Wasm] Failed to compile klibs in IC mode Compiler KT-84678 K/N: Undefined symbol from SPM-added ObjC frameworks when linking iOS target KT-84566 Prevent launchi...

🚀 Kotlin 2.3.21-RC is here!

Highlights:
✅ Wasm reliability
✅ iOS linking fixes
✅ Better JS compilation
✅ Compiler & Gradle improvements
✅ Improved scripting diagnostics

👇
github.com/JetBrains/ko...

#Kotlin #KMP #AndroidDev #WebDev #Android

I just released jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #309! Design system rules! Cross-platform haptics! Cross-platform biometrics! Editors! More editors! And... yet more editors?!? jetc.dev/issues/309 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/PercentagesWithAnimationCompose: This library is designed to provide developers with an easy way to implement percentages with custom Compose views and animations, including l... This library is designed to provide developers with an easy way to implement percentages with custom Compose views and animations, including linear, circular, circle, gradient circle and wave perce...

🚀 PercentagesWithAnimationCompose v1.3.8 is out!

Smoother animations & better performance for interactive percentage indicators in Jetpack Compose 📊✨

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GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/ImagePickerAndroid: 🏞 Image and Video Picker library for Android that supports Base64 for images and is compatible with both Layouts and Jetpack Compose. 🏞 Image and Video Picker library for Android that supports Base64 for images and is compatible with both Layouts and Jetpack Compose. - NicosNicolaou16/ImagePickerAndroid

🚀 ImagePickerAndroid v2.5.5 released!

Improved performance & stability + easy image/video picking for Android 📸

Supports gallery, camera, video, Base64 & Compose/XML.

🔗 github.com/NicosNicolao...

⭐ Star if you find it useful!
#AndroidDev #Kotlin #OpenSource #JetpackCompose

GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/AndroidContactPicker: This open-source project demonstrates the implementation of the new Contact Picker in Android This open-source project demonstrates the implementation of the new Contact Picker in Android - NicosNicolaou16/AndroidContactPicker

🚀 Android 17 Contact Picker made simple 👇
Clean implementation using the new APIs (no legacy hacks)

🔗 github.com/NicosNicolao...

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#AndroidDev #Kotlin #Android17 #Android #OpenSource

🐼 #AndroidStudio Panda 4 (2025.3.4 Canary 3) is out!

Fixes:
✔️ C++ build stability (Gradle 9 + JDK 21)
✔️ Lint improvements
✔️ Sorted Gradle dependencies
✔️ Compose preview pinch-to-zoom restored
✔️ Resource & manifest fixes

🔗 androidstudio.googleblog.com/2026/04/andr...

#AndroidDev #Kotlin

Release Koin 4.2.1-RC1 · InsertKoinIO/koin Koin 4.2.1-RC1 Bug Fixes Fix ABI break on runOnKoinStarted (#2391) — The 4.2.0 refactor to move waitAllStartJobs to common code changed the JVM symbol for runOnKoinStarted from KoinWaitExtKt to K...

🚀 Koin 4.2.1-RC1 is out!

🐛 Fixes ABI issue in runOnKoinStarted
🔍 Better scope error messages
⚙️ CI now enforces API compatibility

🔜 Concurrency + env fixes coming in final

👉 github.com/InsertKoinIO...

#Kotlin #AndroidDev #Koin #DependencyInjection

Android Studio supports Gemma 4: our most capable local model for agentic coding News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

🚀 Android Studio + Gemma 4 = local AI coding power

🔒 Private (runs on-device)
⚡ No API / no internet needed
🤖 Build, refactor & fix apps with Agent Mode

From idea → working app faster than ever 👀

🔗 android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/04/andr...

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🚀 Android Studio Panda 3 (2025.3.3) is live!

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Get your Wear OS apps ready for the 64-bit requirement News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

Wear OS → 64-bit required.

From Sept 15, 2026, apps with native code must support 64-bit for Google Play.

⏳ ~6 months to update

🔗 android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/04/get-...

#AndroidDev #WearOS #GooglePlay #Android #Kotlin

New GitHub update 🚀
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GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/Material_3_Expressive_List: A curated collection of modern, expressive UI components built with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. A curated collection of modern, expressive UI components built with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. - NicosNicolaou16/Material_3_Expressive_List

Sharing my Material 3 Expressive List project

Expressive UI components built with Jetpack Compose for modern Android apps

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New GitHub update 🚀
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Release Kotlin 2.4.0-Beta1 · JetBrains/kotlin Changelog Analysis API KT-83867 OVERLOAD_RESOLUTION_AMBIGUITY false positive with assertEquals in IJ repo KT-83723 [Analysis API] Enable experimental KDoc resolver by default KT-83388 Analysis API...

Kotlin 2.4.0-Beta1 is here 🚀

🧠 Better Analysis API (K2 progress)
⚡ New compiler features (collection literals, companion extensions)
🌐 Wasm + JS improvements
📉 Performance boosts + lots of fixes

👇
github.com/JetBrains/ko...

#Kotlin #Programming #AndroidDev #WebDev #Android

OK, I published jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #308! Compose Multiplatform beta! Back handling! Flexbox! Composition tracing! And... text input? That's rich! jetc.dev/issues/308 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

Android developer verification: Rolling out to all developers on Play Console and Android Developer Console News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

🔐 Android is rolling out Developer Verification for all devs

✔️ Verified identities required
✔️ Safer app ecosystem
✔️ Still supports sideloading (with warnings)

A big move toward trust without losing openness 👇
android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/andr...

#Android #AndroidDev #MobileDev

GitHub - NicosNicolaou16/Material_3_Expressive_List: A curated collection of modern, expressive UI components built with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. A curated collection of modern, expressive UI components built with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. - NicosNicolaou16/Material_3_Expressive_List

Sharing my Material 3 Expressive List project

Expressive UI components built with Jetpack Compose for modern Android apps

🔗 github.com/NicosNicolao...

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#AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev #Android #Material3 #Kotlin #OpenSource

Release 3.4.2 · ktorio/ktor Published 27 March 2026 Improvements KTOR-9327 Curl: The WebSockets maxFrameSize option does not have an effect KTOR-9383 CaseInsensitiveString: reduce allocations KTOR-9385 Netty: Allocation mic...

🚀 Ktor 3.4.2 is out!

• Fewer allocations & Netty optimizations
• Better WebSockets handling
• Improved Darwin performance
• Fixes for OpenAPI, logging, HTTP/2, auth & more

🔗 github.com/ktorio/ktor/...

#Ktor #Kotlin #Backend #WebDev #AndroidDev #Android #OpenSource

The Third Beta of Android 17 News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

🚀 Android 17 Beta 3 = Platform Stability

Highlights:
📸 RAW14 + camera extensions
🎨 Photo Picker customization
🔐 Stronger security (DCL + PQC)
🔋 Better battery & performance
🖥️ Desktop-style PiP

👇
android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/the-...

#Android17 #AndroidDev #MobileDev #GoogleDev

🐼 Android Studio Panda 4 Canary 2 is out!

🔧 Fixes:
• AGP improvements
• Kotlin plugin 2.3.10
• Better sync stability

🔗 androidstudio.googleblog.com/2026/03/andr...

#AndroidDev #AndroidStudio #Kotlin #Gradle #MobileDev

Release 1.11.0-beta01 · JetBrains/compose-multiplatform Changes since 1.11.0-alpha04 Breaking Changes iOS Dialog and Popup container views are now located on a system transition view above the root view controller, but below modally presented view cont...

🚀 Compose Multiplatform 1.11.0-beta01

Major iOS fixes + overall stability improvements across platforms.

⚠️ Breaking: popup/dialog layering change on iOS

🔗 github.com/JetBrains/co...

#Kotlin #Compose #Multiplatform #AndroidDev #iOSDev

🚀 AndroidX updates — March 25, 2026

New releases across Compose, Navigation, Room, Wear, Camera, XR & more.

Take a look:
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #AndroidX #Jetpack #Compose #Android #Kotlin

Great point, I’m thinking of dynamic as context-aware + adaptive UI. It learns from user behavior to reduce friction and surface the right actions at the right time, making interactions feel smoother without adding complexity.

Huge thanks to @commonsware.com for the mention of my latest article 🙏

If you're interested, you can check it out here:
medium.com/@nicosnicola...

Contact Picker: Privacy-First Contact Sharing News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

Android 17 adds a privacy-first Contact Picker 📇🔐

Users share only what they choose—no full contact access.

🔗
android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/cont...

#AndroidDev #Privacy #Android17 #Android #Kotlin

I just sent out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #307! Compose Multiplatform patch! Startup performance! Glowing borders! And @skydoves.bsky.social brings us a hot... swan?!? jetc.dev/issues/307 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

Android Studio has entered the agentic era YouTube video by Android Developers

Build apps faster with Android Studio + Gemini 🚀

Create apps, design → code, fix UI & write tests.

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